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TEXAS AND MEXICO.
ml in the next for the Scotch.* Tbe prutcc-, the land, the enemies of government were in
TRIAL OF SANTA ANNA
The Mexican people are at llri« moment n
pei feet representation of chaos—w ithout n con
stitution, without lawful authorities, and with
out a public treasury.
Tile laws are trampled on by those who com
maud, as well as hy those who should obey.—
The public functionaries are perfectly indifferent
as to the mutual tie from which the’good order
of a government sprung; they go hand in hand
only for committing evil; oppressing the peo
ple, enriching themselves with bold impudence,
at the expense of the people's money, mid in-
suiting, hy iinpurullclcd luxury the many who
are dying of hunger.
And a still darker slain upon the nation, is the
fart that rapine, is spreading in every manner
eud form, autl we add with shame, that the
leeal dangerous to the community, are the high-
way robbers, flow many men do they meet,
who suddenly rose from mendicity to opulence,
and who sitting aside all morality keep not only
One, but several richly furnished houses—and
every one asks, though none are ignorant of the
cause of these rapid fortunes; and it is not
more surprising than true, that among these up
starts, are to he found many who take advantage
ef their authority for not paying the expenses
of their places; in aswindiiug manlier do they
obtain even the very viands daily placed on their
table, and the beds on which they repose with
apparent ease, liuvc not in many instances,
been paid for to the poor hard-laboring mechan
ic who furnished them. A Lieut. Colonel is
prosecuted for theft, still he goes w ith a hold
impudence to partake of the luxuries furnished
him hy his unlaw ful desires.
Every citizen cries out against tho had
conductor those employed ill the ralloclinii of
the customs, and still they are retained in their
situations, because they arc the creatures of
Santa Anna.
Congress after Congress has run into error—
That of the reign of Farias, did not progress
tor of a religion, who goes so far as to prohibit . danger . now, indeed, every body fears—tbe
his enemies, for the love they owe it has caused danger is for all; the more honest a citizen is,
torents of blond to Dow, for the only purpose of | the more lie is excised to all the caprices of a
acquiring a military fame.
The pretensions of this monster lias caused
the death of inmiy c'llixcns at Vera Cruz, To-
lomc, Objaea, Eli’ahner Puebla, Posndos, Casa
lllntica, Otumha Querelaro, Guanajuato, San
Louis, Los Cnrmclos, Zacatecas, &c., &r. At
the time of the presumptuous company uf Tam
pico, he put to death, without any cause, a num
ber of Mexicans, and now in Texas he has giv
en cause to horrible reprisals hy his inhuman ly for giving a greater weight of bread than w as
conduct. II it were possible to pile one on the required of them. Fellow citizens, let us con-
other, the bodies of tiic dead, whose untimely I suit onr consciences.
mandarin, whose only spring #*f action is blin
ded by tile excess of spirituous liquors. Our
public funeiioiiaries may, indeed, speak of laws,
but they enforce only those which me oppre
sive, and trample upon those from wli
rive our rights. The worse the behavior, the
greater and more certain tho reward. To do
good, is a crime for our authorities; we have
sreu bakers fined in large sums of money, mere-
Tlie opportunity is come;
end has been promoted hy Gen. Santa Anna, . to let it escape w ould indeed be a crime. The
thev would, without doubt, form a mountain power of all tyrants depends only on the will of
higiier than that of Popocatepetl—aud we 1 the people; let the will he unanimous, and a
would say to his flatters; "Behold! a menu- single hour is more than sufficient to revenge our
metil erected to Humanity, and the Protector oft injuries.
Religion!" ! **•— : "
Horrid blasphemy, thus to call the defender
of hit country, the inmate of a cock-pit. agum-
bler, a professional blackleg, a demon w bo sow
ed the seeds of disunion, disorder ami dissolu
tion every where he went; a miser, never re
laxing his gripe even to help the poor, a tyrant,
who trampled upon every human uud divine
law; an ungrateful wretch, who to gratify the
meanest passions, raised his hand against a fel
low citizen, his benefactor, and who had de
served the gratitude of his country; a perfidious,
base traitor, w ho betrayed into the hands of
their most cruel enemies those who expos* their
own lives to raise him to eminence. Such is
the man who has been ended from tho pulpit.
Mexico,
CHIRCII AND STATE.
In keeping the mass of a nation in darkness
and subjugation, no means have been found
more adequate to effect it, than to require strict
observance, not only of the modes nml forms of
n certain faith, hut a blind credence in its doc-
The following letter from Fairfax Catclet,
Esq. late of this city, gives us some interesting
information from Texas.
Velasco, July ‘JO, ltjllfi.
Our army is still m Victoria, upon tho river
Guadalonpe. I.aninrhnd arrived there agree
ably to tbe last Recounts, and presented him
self os Comtnnn-der-in-Chief of the Tcxian
ud trample upon those from w hich we de- | forces; hut with all his popularity ivas unable to
1 " obtain the cuncureuce of the army with the wish
es of the cabinet. The question was put to
vote, w hetlier he should enjoy the chief com
mand, or Rusk continue in his former capaci
ty, until the arrival or Gen. Houston. The
matter w as decided by an overwhelming ma
jority in favor of the two latter gentlemen; so
that Rusk remains Brigadier General Comman
ding, and the authority of Major General Hous
ton w ill he recognised so soon ns he arrives in
camp. Lamar is said to have behaved in his u-
sual disinterested and patriotic manner.
The army in the field at this time is two thous
and strong. Col. Wilson’s regiment will soon
lie in marching order. The whole country is
op and moving on to camp. The old settlers
are determined to redeem their injured credit,—
undeservedly iujtired, ns the great majority of
them could not have acted differently, and secur
ed their families from the bloodthirsty violence
trines. \\ c speak of no particular faith, hut n f ruthless mid semi-bnrhnrous foe,—and they
generally of ull those varied systems of belief
as to a future state, which have claimed the at
tention of different ages of the world from the
earliest times of w hich w e have any authentic
data. Raising their ascendency upon the igno
rance of the people-crafty seels have, from time
immemorial, upon effecting a coalition of their
tithes, nod that ho levied enormous and arhitra
ry taxes on religions corporations; let it he re
membered how often he said, with a sneer, that
they were so many donations he received.
If w e examine, however slightly, his claims
without its faults and errors, w hich ultimately j m tho honors of a military hero, ue shall blush
brought ruin nud destruction upon its head : its ( to see a few misguided Mexicans exalt a gencr-
extravagmieo too, was a source of iurulcitla- al who dishonored the uniform lie wore. Is
hie evil, and its whole course pf legislation was j there nil action in w hich lie did not sacrifice
only calculated to bring its members into cou- more lives than ware required by the circum-
‘A messenger of Cod—a mw Gideon,—the hope ; hicarnchy w ith the state, besotted the peoplow ith
of alt men." I superstitious rights and ordinances, and then rc-
Let those who place to holiness of religion duced them to llie lowest ebb of mental and
in the centre ofecclasiasitical wealth, remember moral degradation. Filch coalitions pervaded
that general Santa Anna approved the law on [ among the ancient governments «>• India and
tempt
Tho orors and bail legislation of all the pro- j serve
vious, are not to lie compared to those of the
present Congress. Its headlong pusilaiiimous
course, has called forth upon itself tho worst of
epithets, nml rendered its acts perfectly nugatory.
\Ve will venter to sny, that we meet in the pub
lic taverns, men far more decent anil respectable,
than those w ho compose this Congress. They
openly avow their disregard of nil moral re- . ,,
straint. Question tlioiii on tho motives id their 1 a
conduct, and they will answer—it in the wish, it
is the desire, it is tliucouuiiuiids uf Snnta Anna.
Egypt, we have had it ill more modern times,
I nml irlmt God forbid, ive should ever see again,
' a near uproxiimition to it in the country Irom
| whence we deiivud our best iiistilutioiis, and
; even some iiiilialloived steps towards it, do not
date far bnck in the history of our on ii laud.— i
j We however live in a different age and uutler
! institutions far more in accordance with the tin- ,
I controlled freedom of triiitd, than those w hich
marked tho despotic sway of the Brahmins of
Did the hnttle fought at Tampico de- | India, tho-astrologers iff Eg j pt, the oracularqirie.s-
ts of nuriuut Greece mid Rome, the Druids of
Gaul, the Vatican thunders of anointed Dopes, |
the Mahomet* of Arabia. Jesuitical finesse, nml |
stances
any reward/ No, it should have been
rewarded by an exemplary punishment; fur
there it was that Anuta Anna, after the enemy
had surrendered, compelled them to renew the even the reign of the parliamentary Rounds
fight, and to destroy without the least necessity
a number of Mexicans, better mid braver than!
their unworthy lender.
Let us draw the picture of a gallant mid skil
ful general, lie must love his country deeply
nd sincerely ; his honor must ho spotless and
his morals sound and strict; hr must ho distin
guished from other men by n mind nt once firm,
From the gallery of the house, one of the mein- patient, resolute nml persevering ; mid, as it
bar* was heard to say, as lie voted, dial lie east ! necessary that lie should be calm in victory, it is
his vote only in reference tu the man in the green yet more important that adverse fortune should
cloak, alluding to a painting representing the
President of the Republic. A author, a rich pro
prietor, terminated one of his speeches in these
words:—“ Such in the wish of Snnta Anna—it
in him only that us an hound to please ; it is lu
him that we owe our tente, and it's him that can
kick us out when he pleases." Oil this occasion,
Heads of ii in tic Ii later date
Wo live in mi age, ill least so far ns our own
country is concerned of popular government,
and w here the benefits of a general education
arc w idely disseminated among the people.—
Our constitution is the fabric of profound philo
sophers, sagaciousstiitomen, and pure patriots;
it guarantee* universal toleration to every sect, , were „ UV er intended by nature or lint
no matter what its creed ol religious lattli, and 1 •• ■
not humble his spirit or dump his courage nud
enterprise. Letovcry honest man now hold up
this mirror to Santa Anna. Did lie ever possess
any of these nocossnry virtues ; The nppcliition
of hero must have been bestowed upon him hy
someenouty to cover him w ith ridicule. His
inprisunaicut has placed him in n new light, nud
the member w us called to order by the President show n u dungeon to ho the only public asylum
—but hnd tho hfldy any respect for itself, it would 1 — 1 ’’ '
have severely repromnndod tho member who
djsgraee himself and the body w itch he address
ed.
Honest men sail under the guidance and
impulse nf conscience, hut mercenaries hush
its dictates, and follow their interest, and incli
nations wherever they lead them. The present
Congress ha* never had any other guide, but the
impulso of tho moment. They have neither
virturo or patriotism—we have seen both depu
ties nml senators crouch beneath tho footstool of
tho tyrant, like so many reptiles. They have not
only prostituted themselves as representatives ef
the people, lint they litive brought their religious,
civil, and military rights, and laid them at tho
feel of power; not even retaining the dignity of
mail, all has been abandoned. The course of
Manta Anna will bare comparison with that of
Tiberius, hut his tyranny, history usurus us, w as
the immediate cause of the iiuiiihilulion of tho
Senate undor him—but Snnta Anna has only
corrupted, not destroyed them,
The General Congress, being composed of
priests nml soldiers, or influenced and directed
hy them, it has consequently looked upon and
treated them ns a privilidged body of men—tit
the same time weighing heavily its oppressive
hand on the utlicr portion of the Mexican na
tion.
The citizens have been dragged xv*til violence
to the jails by the military tmtlioritics—here un
dergo nil sorts of torlue, bending under the
weight of ignoble chains and fetters ; and they
have still undergone a greater humiliation, hy
being publicly cttdgled in the streets hy those
military mercenaries Mho aggressor* are known,
and curses lavished upon them hv the people,
nevertheless they peaceably walk the streets,
iniiiltiug us with impunity.
It would appear that the government has
condemned the people without a trial; for pol
itical motives, our houses have been searched
•nd utir goods sequestrated, and our families dai
ly iusulted hy • vile soldiery.
Notwithstanding nil these aggressions com
mitted in deflnneeof all good laws, Congress,
the symbol of wrickednos*, tolerates instead of
punishing, hy pardoning those accused of these
arbitrary deeds. Slaves work and labor exclu
sively for the benefit of their masters—such is
the part we the cilizoas perform: coudomuud to
painful labor, for the support of tin army. Ev
ery citizen beholds himself oppressed hy heavy
contributions, not precisely for tho support of n
miserable soldiery, but in fact, for satisfying the
capaciousness nml sensual gratifications of u low
eliieft, who, to the shame of the country, have
not long since been sent to the galleys.
The infamous Congress, so far from putting
a chock upon the shameful depredations of the
military commandants, appear to take pleas
ure in increasing the imposts, according to their
own enprice ortho exorbitant will of tho go
vernment. If such an orderof things continue
much longer, we will behold a system of tiixlii-
tion only collected hy the extortion of our tears.
General Santa Anna could not have made a
lie ever w as worthy of ; the extraordinary man
has disappeared, and nothing is left behind hut a
miserable traitor, who sacrificed the greatest
interests of his country to his ow n individual
safely. Our enemies w ere struck with astonish
ment to sue that such it cowardly soldier could
Inivo usurped the reputation of a great mutt, of
a man necessary to the very existence of the
Mexican republic. Many precious lives sacri
ficed without necessity ; immense sums of mo
ney thrown away uselessly; the labors nml hard
ships of a long campaign—all was lost because
the titan who had done so tmioli for his country,
hud ordered the main corps of thu army to com
mence retreating when Texas was gained and
lie more enemies ivcro to ho found,
Texas is near being lost forever to us, not
through the energy nnd strength of the rebel
lious settlers, but through the false policy and
complete ignorance nf general Snnta Alina.
Ono uf tho ministers, devoted servant of nn am
bitious master, tlireiitniug Mexico with a dismem
berment of the states and provinces, thundered
out from tho floor of Congress, that the contract
was broken up, that the people wore going hack
to a state of nature, in order to frighten our vile
legislators into a declaration of centralism. It
was therefore hy virtue of such or similar words,
that the Tcxians, in those ilnys when every
slate could adopt itsnwn constitution and go
vernment, said aloud, in face of alt nations.
“ If we have gone hurl: to a stale of nature, if our
solemn contraclis broken up, we will even now se-
fiarene ourselves from Mexico.” Thus it becomes
evident that the sacrilegious traitor who destroyed
the federation, offered thereby not only to the
Texians, hut also to any,powerful natinu, a spe
cious pretext for dismembering the republic ;
Manta Anna should alone he held responsible for
the lossofso beautiful a portion of our territory.
The intentions of the settlor* were long known
hut he it was who, with the help of his flatterers,
hastened their execution. Instead of sending
w ith due expedition the troops who were to guard
and defend our limits, he concentrated them in
our large cities inorder to keep his fellow cit
izens in oppressionand bondage, that they might
offer no resistance tothe ferocity of some milita
ry chiefs hy whom they w ere treated as stupid
beast* of burthen. The preservation of Texas
was then, ns it is now, auuihjecl*of national in
terest, but iu the haste to destroy our constitu
tion nml secure power, ho most favorable op
portunities wore lost, to keep this fine territory
w ithout any loss of Mexican blood or of the peo
ples money. However, thro tho vain desire to
strike terror around him ami phiy'tliu part of a
conqueror, the man of hisountry resolved to
abandon our limits flattering himself with the
hope thullio could, when ho thought proper, or
ganize and expedition and reap fresh laurels.
Thing'Jwent on differently ; ourterritory is fast
dismembering, and the author of all ourtpaslc-
vils has also iullicted upon us tlie|uew' injury we
deplore.
In tho midst of tho calamities which fall hea
vy upon ourcountry, it lias pleased tho Almighty
to pity our sufferings : thu Hydra isclmiued. A
few Texians hecuinu the instruments of divine
jealously guards against the slightest coalition |
nf duclrinis relating to spiritual or religious mat- I
tors, with those apcrtaitiiiig to our civil polity.
Such a bulwark against the union of church
and state, meets w iiIt the decided ami ardent tip-
probation of a people well informed, virtuous
and prudent, and w tin, from their education and
tbe free and tolerant charnter of all their institu
tions, will he ever found opposing onto death if
accessary, tile imposition »f such gross manacles
upon the freedom of mind and conscience, as
any hierarchy, no matter iu what garb of refilled
artifice, soft persuasion, or of stern anathemas,
errors, and delusive fictions it may he clothed,
should craftily endeavor to pot upon them.
Religion, wo believe, is natural to man; nay,
w e go farther, and say, that it is essential to him.
Fader the influence of religious feelings proper
ly encouraged and matured all the obligations
of society resting upon him will he more faith
fully, nml cheerfully performed; for it is religion
that inetilcntcs the practice of truth, gratitude,
filial affection, ami all that is contained in the
golden maxims of “doing unto others us yc
would that they should do unto you.” bet
its fundamental truths then prevail, but let them
uevur lie prostituted to purposes of pride, sensu
ality, lawless power and unbounded ambition.
By religion we mean,a belief in a Supreme
Being, accompanied with a sense of our depen-
deuce upon, and obligation towards him, and to
inculcate this sentiment, needs tho aid of no mys
tery. It requires mi Inquisition to torture the
body ami no shackles where, withal to fetter the
consciences of men.
Let tlioso then w ho minister at the sacred al
tars, refrain from polluting thu incense that
should ucscml from the censer nf a pure heart
to its God, into a delusion of the ignorant and
supers tirimis, let them adhere to the enforce
incuts of simple moral truths. & notencourngc the
growth of mystery, and with a.single eye to the
accomplishment of good put on iu sincerity, the
meeknes of their great Prototype, and like him,
“ render uuto Caesar that which is Ca-sar’s”—
in a word, avuid using the Church ns an engine
to control the nfl'nir* of Mtntc.
Had Manta Anna inarched into Texas, other
than ns the avowed instrument of the Church,
extending nnd strengthening its domination over
the bodies and minds of thu inhabitants, nud to
effect which lie must slaughter in cold blood all
who fell in his power, bis fate would have excit
ed sympathy. As it is, we only sec in his down
fall nml captivity, just retribution for his course,
and a signal exhibition of Divine displeasure’ll!
tho unhallowed efforts of a dangerous and am
bitious priesthood.
tire now flocking onwards, to prove to an invi
(lions world that their nrms arc as strong, and
the spirit of liberty burning ns brightly in their
hearts, as it ever did in the olden time, w hen tho
independence of their mother country was iu its
cradle, and rocking amid lho elements ofiulerunl
discord and foreign recklessness ;
Felix Huston has been promoted to the rank
of Brigr. General, by brevet. Green still enjoys
the commission which he appeared to prize so
highly in Now < Jrleaus.—They are both in camp.
Santa Anna, the ill fated nnd fallen despot is now
at Columbia, and has the pleasing anticipation
of being shortly escorted to thu army, and there
receiving his sentence—a detachment has been
ordered in fur the purpose. You may hear of a
catastrophe before many weeks have elapsed. I
anticipate it with positive certainty.—Miserable
indecision iu not having inflicted upon him “death
or worse punishment" immediately after hiscap-
turc, when the act would have been upheld ami
justified hy the whole civilized world.
Geul. Rusk, has ordered the Mexican families
uu the Guadalonpe, nml I.a linen, and all those
who were likely to nflord information to the en
emy to retire upon tlm Rio Grande, nr Inkelhinn-
selvesofl’to the Colorado. Carbajal De I.eon,
nml some others, intend making a summer so
journ in New Orleans. Health to them !
There are said to bo no Mexican troops on
this side of the Rio Grande. They tiro prepar
ing to make a desperate effort to heal their w oun-
ded honor, and recover possession of this purn-
lise—a garden, in which suchdeieudtintsofCtiin
ure’s God
to live, unless to lie expelled again, with renew
ed ignominy; the lion. Ex-I're blent John
Quince Adams to the contrary, notwithstanding.
That they are culling up till tlteir resources and
at this moment straining every nerve for the pur
pose of making u sudden and formidable descent
ii|>oii us. is mo apparent to need substantiation.
I am strongly inclined to believe that tlteir pre
sent intention is tu make a combined ami simul
taneous attack by bind and sea.
At all events wo should be prepared for the
crisis, and surely our friends in the United States
will aid us iu obtaining a stoop of war, or at
least ail eighteen gun brig. I am obliged to
break off here, us thu vessel is just getting under
weigh. F. C.
Icrfercd, and having represented die impoitnnre of
Ins being put into tbe batuls of justice, the prisoner
wax brought toa room above the ground flour, \v I,era
lie was stretched on a bed, and searched, ill order to
ascertain if lie bad no arms concealed. A poniard
was found i:t bis side pocket. M. (iisquet, who w ns
then in tbe TuilTeries, with several other public
functionaries, immediately repaired to the guard
bouse and proceeded to examine die individual ur-
rcsled. He refused to tell bis immc, and when re
cognized by persons who knew biin, nnd said lie
was u commercial travelior, and bis name was Ali-
beaii. He pretended that Alibeau was an assumed
name, nnd refused to give his real one fiom regard
to bis family. Hu was then asked if be bail been
agitated while aiming nt tbe King, and if it was lint
agitation tlmt bail deranged the direction nf tbe
aim 7 He replied with much composure that lie felt
no emotion; nnd that if lie had missed his aim, it
was owing to having experienced a shock or push,
for which lie could not account. He wna Anally
asked, if lie re|>ented his crime ; lie answered in the
negative, nml added, that if it was to be done over
lignin he should not hesitate to do it; that ho had no
farther explanation to give, because, in this nee of
egotism, in which any thing like conviction nr devo
tion Xvas no longer to lie found, no one could appre
ciate or understand his motives!
During his examination, active inquiries were
made, and it was discovered that this young man
hail entered the Place du Carousel about 4 u’clock,
by tlm giitc uf tlm triumphal arch; tlmt he bad con
versed some time with a National Giinril on indiffer
ent matters, and left him when lie saw the King's
carriage proceeding from tile stable to tbe palace,
saying, “ I think tho person i nin waiting ibr will
not come." nud went ofl' in the direction of the
court. He repaired from thence to the gate of the
palace next to tbe quay, and there remained in a
group of people who were waiting fortlie King’s de
parture. His appearance, it seems, did not awaken
any suspicion, and no one observed the nine lie car
ried in bis blind, and which contained the deudly
weapon. This instrument led to the discovery of
Alibeau. By an extraordinary chance, the gnn-mn-
kcr who manufactured it (a serjennt in the National
Guards) happened to be on duty at the Tuillerics,
and felt it incumbent on him to give tbe magistrates
every inforinatiun in bis power. He stated tlmt the
weapon seized on the assassin had been made in bis
establishment, w ith many others of the kind t that
lie was aware of its being u violation of the lows to
have made and sold such u weapon, but tlmt us the
aflair \\ as of so serious a nature, be did not hesitate
to confess it; the lodging of the individual arrested
was limn discovered, nnd the owner of tbe Imm
linving been sent Ibr, recognized the prisoner to I
Alibeau. lie said be bad lodged in bis bouse, but
tlmt lie Imd gone off without paying him, leaving
pledge Ills passport, which Imd been delivered h
in Lynns, nml mentioned his having been burn
tlmt city.
DOMESTIC.
A PROCLAMATION OF BLOCKADE
Of the Port of Matamoras, Sf<\ hy the President
eef the Republic of Texas.
To ull to whom these presents shall conic.
Know ye,that 1 David G. Burnet, President
nf the RepublicofTexns, hy and with the advice
and consent of the Cabinet, do order, decree,
and proclaim the Port of Matomorns, in the
sinic of 'I'amnuUpn., &. republic of Mexico, com
prising the mouth of the Rio Urniidc, nud tbe
BrassorSantiago ; and also the inlets,esturaies,
and passages, east of it, that now are, or here
after may he, in the possession of Mexico, are,
from and after the the date of this proclamation,
in a stale of actual and absolute Blockade,by the
armed vessels of this nation.
And for the purpose ofcarrying this proclama
tion into completoeflect, an united naval force,
now is, ami will continue to lie kept, at or near
thu said Port, inlets, and passes, entirely stifli-
cient, to enforce this decree.
For any lireneh, or effort at hrcnch, of this
Blockade, the offending vessel and cargo, will ho
liable toeonfiscatiou, mid tile officers, and ma
riners, of such vessel, will lie subject to all the pen
alties attached, to a breach of blockade.
This decree shall take effect, as vessels sail
ing from New Orleans, within three days after
its publication iu that city ; and within five days,
as to vessels, Irom any other neutral port within
the Gulf of Mexico; within twenty days, ns to
any port of the United States, north of the Gulf
of Mexico; and in forty-five days, ns to vessels
sailing from any of tho ports of Europe.
Done at Velasco, on the 21st day of July, A.
I). 18,‘III, anil the First of the Independence. |
of the Republic of Texas.
DAVID G. BURNETT. |
Wm. A. Jack, Sec’y. of State.
Til E A R M Y.—OFF1 Cl A L.
Heap Quarters, Army of thk south, }
Tuskeokii, Jury 17, 18B(>. $
Sir: I have the honor to report fertile iu
formation of tho Secretary of War, and th
General-in-Ghicf, that, in pursuance of my or
ders, Major Wclili, of the Alabama volunteer
commanding a line of posts iu Chambers coun
ty, aliaitt Bll miles north of this position, I
just sent in I In Indian prisoners ol Neo Mice
party, which he captured iu tbe last few day
ibis party increases the iitiuther of prisoners
ken tu about 2800.
The war is entirely at an end ; and, so far as
regards Indian hostilities, the inhabitants might
return to tlteir farms in perfect security ; hut \
their houses have been burnt, tlteir means nf
subsistence destroyed, and tlteir crops on the
ground will yield them nothing. It .w ill proba
bly ho litany months before the majority of them
return ; for all necessary supplies must lie
brought front a distance, and nt an expense be
yond tliu means of any but the wealthy.
I shall concentrate the regular troops ami
marines in thu vicinity of thu principal Indian
force for the purpose of preventing tiny danger
front them w hen thu militia and volunteers shall
be withdrawn, nnd, without orders from Wash
ington, shall continue them there autil tin; In
dians emigrate. A part of that force is now
stationed on the mail road between this place
and Columbus for the protection of tho mail;
hut llic contractors have not yet placed stages
on that route.
The discharge of the greater part of the Geor
gia force lias been ordered, and I have directed
med to do. Let the accuser go to the public
functionaries with his accusation—not to the
ick-spittle menials whu earn their dailv bread
hy daily sycophancy.—Lynchburg Virginian ™
From the Macon Messenger.
VANBUREN MEN AND UNION VVHITF
MEN.
An invitation is given to the Union Whit.
Men, in the lust Federal Uuion, to suppress
pro tempore, their disoentioos, and amalgam.,.’
m an undivided opposition to the common «n.
my—the State Rights Party—it, the ensuing
county elections. They are tsdjured in tho most
supplicatory tone, to practice mutual forbear,
ance; and the amiable pacificattor talks •*
man would who is in earnest, ubont tbe’redo
rocity of kind feelings, nud theexereisa of friondl
ly toleration. The case and non etaJoncc with
which this Editor doffs and doas his prejudice,
reminds us of the subserviency with which the
unmentionables of a certain worthy of Quixotu
fame answered his master’s will, "whenever os.
casion required."
It is hut a few weeks since the Union White
Men w ere denounced in no measured terms, as
disorganizes, enemies of their party, mische-
vtous and disappointed office seekers, who, from
pique and disappointment, had joined the ranks
of the enemy. Tlmt hut little charity and for
bearance were then felt towards these “ mis
guided men” (tut they were called,) we quote
Irom an article of the Federal Union, which,
perhaps, may he received ns an indication of
tho Editor's sentiments at that time. Speaking
of the distrust nnd suspicion that would attach
to the “ misguided imin" who would accept a
nomination on tho White Ticket, lie proceeds :
"To expect that a party will retain its kind af-
fections for any of its old members who naito
with its enemies to effect its defeat, is to believe
huinaii nature more forbearing HU( | generous
than we have ever found it.” .
But mark how circumstances alter cases.
1 bis unforgiving Editor now recommends mu
tual forbearance, nml ncknow ledges that every
member of the party has a right to the enjoyment
of his own opinions. The cause for this cltaago of
feeling towards the misguided Union White'Men
is obvious. Their number is increasing daily to
"It alarming degree. The late coiiiuiencemcat
at Athens ullordcd the leading melt of the Par
ly an opportunity to interchange tlteir view* sad
compare notes. There are many, very niRtty,
it lio still remain true tu the principles they pro-
fossctl iu ’!12. Martin Van Bureit tins then their
ahhnrenco, and as nothing in his public life has
transpired to evince a revolution in bis princi
ples, the sentiments then entertained towards
him are .still cherished midiiiiinishcd hy thuso
who were then Ids open nml avowed enemies.
Notwithstanding the air of confidence that
may he assumed by the Party press, n general
trepedatiou i- felt, and, in spite nl'nll exertions,
it concealment, is showing itself on every occa
sion. Van Burciiisiu is declining, and declining
rapidly, iu Georgia. The cotisistant members
of tbe old Clark Party cannot be made to w ork
ill tbe slmlis. Abuse Ims failed to drive them,
ami the winning cajolery of a partisan Editor
w ill In-equally unavailing to seduce them from
tlteir allegiance to principle, anil their unchan
ging ami unchangeable hostility to Van Huron.
The argument that is now used to ;rersuailc
the Union White Men to a derilirtiun of their
principles, is only equalled in it* absurdity hy the
presumption of tbe author and the impudent re
flection, that is conveyed upon the integrity aud
intelligence of those for whose use it is designed.
Iu order to insure a common opposition to a
“ common enemy the I’nion SVhilcMcn are
invited to almmlim their principles and throw tho
w eight of their influence ill the ranks of those
who formerly were friends, but w hose opposition
to the fundamental doctrine of their common
faith, hits created the sc hism that is so earnestly
deprecated. V. bat uclmngelius come over the
spirit of this Editor’s political reflections '.
Magnanimity, mutual forbearance, charity,
complacency, and ufl’ecliou, are the sweet and
gilded pills that are mm rolled under his liquor
ish tongue ; these cardinal virtues lire preached
up and recommended, where istiplacable enmi
ty, direful imprecations, unceasing opposition,
war—tea, war to the very Ink—whs, hut it few
the discharge of fourteen companies of infantry, | " ce . lis ".K°'.f l, . e ""HlbmniialhBt were hurled Upon
..I , ..u .I... a i..i *„ i tllCJ
and eight mounted companies of tile Alnhomn j . .
volunteers and militia. The greater part of the ' '
mounted force now under General Patterson
was raised iu the northern counties uf Alaltnnia,
and I propose to order them to move through
the Creek nud Cherokee country to their homes;
and should General Wool require tlteir services,
they w ill he in a situation to co-operato with him
before tlteir discharge.
The Tennessee brigade litis reported, and I
have directed General Armstrong to take a po
sition near Montgomery, with that part of it not
ordered Ity General Scott to Florida, where
subsistence and forage may readily be obtained,
and w hence he can join me in a single march,
should the Indians manifest tt hostile dispo
sition.
1 Imve thu honor to lie, sir.
Your obedient servant.
Til. S. JEFl’P.
Brig. Gen. II. Jones,
Adjutant General, Washington City.
batter choice of a Congress, to allow him with : llst ;,. c : the Moon of the monster will not lie
• Ito ■... ...i u i ft or lo I. .11.. so* til.i tout ..I I.!.. *' . . ...
tho utmost impunity to follow the bent of his
own tyranicul inclinations. Not only lias lie
chosen tnen who fear him, but ulso those who
are servile both hy inclination and temperament.
Hence have wo seen these giving to the Trmpo-
(i//<cutho pampas titles of Hero, Defender of
Religion, though at the same tiino nothing less
than a fortunate scoundrel. It was therefore
impossible that a man inclined to crime, could
perforin any thing hut infamous actions—seeing
himself flattered and extolled hy those men oc
cupying tlte highest offices of the republic. Ills
generals have compared him to Napoleon, the
priests and high clergy, who have subsequently
ridiculed him, named him the Star of the East
—others who at first condemned his pnllilical
course, now extoll it and declare it admirable—
one advised him to become sovereign, nud con
tract a marriage with the Queen of Spain not
withstanding that w hich united Inm to bis pros-
eut wife.
A mail of weak capacity is easily seduced
Don Antonia, like Icare, m attempting to soar
ton high, was precipitated in the abyss below.
We would ask, “ w ho is this protector of reli
gion ?" A man loaded with vices in all its
forms. The particular attributes of religion is
charity—it kttows not how to cause evil or pain
to Buy one—nevertheless, Don Autnnia has
shown himself vicious by iusliuct: lie rose suc
cessively against D’ Augustin Iturbide, D' Gatt-
dalupa Victoria, D’ Auastacin Bustaiueiite, and
1)'Gomez Farias; no commotion look place
liut in which he look an active part. Hi* aim
eras always disorder; ami but only for the sat-
i.faeiiou ol disturbing the public tranquility, we
have secu him one momciil for the Yorki.lu,
mixed with tile life-blood of bis victims,
This inhuman Proteus has fought with an e-
! qual cruelty for and against thu same principle*.
lu the rich and fertile mmintains of Guanajato
! and Zacatecas, he himself ordered it number of
.Mexicans to lie butchered, some because they
, ice re enemies of the Federation; others because
\ they were its defenders. In 1828, lie destroyed
I the constitution, mid was called Liberator.
! From that time out Congress was illegitimate.
1 These illegalities roofed thctnselvcssu firmly that
it is impossible notv to recognise our authorities
hut hy the hrulnl exetrise of their power, sup
ported hy a lucky usurper of our rights. Fel
low Citizens, let us elect a uetv Cong run
fro at the Sew Delians Bulletin, August 4.
TEXAS.
By it resident of Texas, w ho came passenger
in the Texian selumtier of war ludcpcndance,
we are informed that the political affairs of this
country were iu a very tranquil state, ami a
strong evidence Imd been given by the people of
tlteir determination to support the executive \ ,],,, [|
government. The order or w l it for the elections
of President, Vice President, Senators and Re
presentatives, had been issued by the executive
cabinet, and will take place on (lie first Monday
iu September, and Congress will convene the
third Monday in October. It was proposed to
tho citizens of Texas by the Government, that
they should invest the Members of Cnngrcs with
conventional powers to alter and amend the
Constitution, made by the Convention, inasmuch
at tho disarranged state of the country Imd pre
vented its being printed nnd circulated amongst
the inhabitant*. Go it. Stephen F. Austin is a
candidate fur the Presidential chair. Dr. II. T.
Archer having declined, ami declared his deter
mination of supporting Gen. Austin for that of
lice, it was understood that Dr. Archer would
be voted for ns Senator.
The spieswhich had been sent by tho Texian
army tothe banks of the Rio Grande, reported
tho .Mexican army inactive at Matamoras.
There w as no expectation of any mnvemeut to
ward Texas, as the extreme drnughth and w ant
of water renders such step impracticable; and
besides, it is well understood that the Mexicans
who have once visited Texas have lost all ta»te
for thecmintrv, and are not likely to relish are-
ool, whence
r (V Euquir-
aiiil l.iver-
iu these pa-
mportauee ;
I is Phil-
Nitv York, Aug. 4.
LATE AND IMPORTANT FROM EUROPE.
I By the ship Republic, from Livor|
she sailed on the -JDlli June, the V.
\ er (ilitninefl Loudon papers to the 28lh
I pool to the 29lh.
; Two items of intelligence are found
I pees, of considerable interest and
! another attempt upon the life of King
J lippe, ami the adherence of the British II
1 Lords to their niueedinents to the Irish miinicitml
bill. The amendments proposed and adopted by
of Commons, to tbe amend incuts of the
Lords, were rejected by a vole of I4fl lu 78. Lord
Melbourne, Lord l.vnliurst and Earl Grey were the
prominent speakers on the occasion. Tlte amend
ment nf the Commons being negatived generally,
the Lords appointed a committee to draw up a state
ment of tin; reasons for their disagreement with the
other bouse.
Tbe nttempt to assassinate King Louis Phillippe,
of course created much excitement. It
di nincd by i*il parties nnd by tin
ris, with tlic exception id* one |
which simply stated the farts, without any cum-
incut.
The Palace was thronged liy foreign Ministers,
Peers, Ac. eager to congratulate the King nn Ills
pc.
uurautee tho stability of our federal ittstitut
to put iu force a sound system of laws, and who
may, through their labors, deserve the eimfi- !
deuce of the whole Mexican notion.
W c remain now tho npprohictn uf the uni
verse ; there was a time when the hopes of
nations wore excited iu our favor; litis senti
ment turned iuto pity, and now, thanks to tlte
Jfero, vre are generally despised. Wo are go
verned but by reckless caprice, and live in grea
ter slavery than those who have subjected them
selves tu the most ulijcrt obedience. No indi
vidual feels safe in his ow n house ; every citizen
fears to he dragged to u dungeon, where he may
rot without ever knowing bis accuser, or hi
crime. Through the established system of de-
lapidalion und pillage, every fortune w ill soon
sink. When Farias and his bund reigned over j V
. , The army, by the official reports, from
govern in virtue of tho coustitutiou of 1884 : tu I o ;i -J7(M1 strong, and the Government would
from an army of reserve oil the Brasos or Trin-
ity of 201)0 men.
We further learn by the arrival of tlte Inde
pendence, that the port of Mctainoras is blocka
ded by three armed Texiuu schooners, and that
a large laud force is iu preparation to march up
on it, nml co-operate with tho fleet. All the in
habitants of Metninorns without distinction of|
I alienage, were subjected to contributions for the 1
support of the place.
I The Mexican schooner, commanded hy Tlntmp-
' son (of Fan Felippc memory,) was lost on Iter
I passage from Matamoras to Vera Cruz, and all
' perished, saving the cap ,.in and tw o marines, j
j The Mexican brig Vcucedor Del Alamo, on a J
i cruize front Vera Cruz to Aletnuinnis, was for- i
eilto return in cmiscqciiee of having too tnnnv
guns. Upon the whole the horizon of Mexican
affairs is more and more clouded, while the Blue
of Texas i, greatly in the ascendant.
ol be
’ file fo
iirrsn called roatlioscil the Liberal parly—tin*
i the partiziius or Iturbide.
The Chamber nf Peers were immediately convok
ed to receive a eoiiiiniiiiie.ation from tlte government,
nml the Dukes of Orleans and Nemours w ere sum
moned to Paris by telegraph, on their return from
llioir tour.
I'eoin the London Times, June 27.
Wc have been favored with a copy of a telegraph
ic despatch recervcd yesterday hy the French Em
bassy. It rims thus—
Paris. June 26—1 o’clock, A. M.—The King lias
just escaped a new danger. All individual fired lit
his majesty. but bis majesty was not touched. The
assassin Inis been arrested. Paris is iudiguaut. Or
der reigns every where.
Troni the Courricr Francois.
Paris, June 29.—Last evening, about (i o’clock,
a new attempt was made upon the King’s life, which
I fortunately proved ns unsuccessful ns the former,
i Just us bis majesty bad entered bis carriage, to re-
! turn to Neuilly, and wits passing ttodcr the gateway
lending In the quay, a young now who bad placed
himself on tbe side opposite to that of tbe post of
’ die National Guard, filled up a rnne iu which a pis
tol barrel bail been fixed, placed it on the carriage
door, and fired it at the King.
Louis Phillippe wits that moment bowing tothe
National Guards through the other window. Wheth
er tbe assassin felt agitated, nr, ns is stated, was
pushed wbile engaged ill taking aim, the ball did
not touch the King, who immediately after the ex
plosion, nude a signal tlmt be wna not wounded, and
ordered rlie roach to tie drit on on to Nenillv. The
King was with the Queen, and his sister Mmlit
Adelaide, and n detachment nf drag
the rarrhigc.
On hearing the i
rushed on tbe man.
band He w as at first ill treated, but the off;
GEN. SCOTT.
The article from tlte “Globe," ill tclatinu to
this officer, w ill attract attention. Our readers
are too well apprized of the opinion that we en
tertain iu relation to the manner in which the
Florida and Creek campaigns (particularly the
former) have been conducted, to suppose that w c
at all doubt the propriety of Gen. Scott’s renill
from the cotmnniid of the Southern army. Wc
wish it Imd been dune long ago. Yet wo do
doubt whether the reasons which led to this re
call, or the manner in which it w as effected, will
meet with the public approbation. IDs second
iu command (Gen. Jesttp) addresses a " pri
vate” letter to lHe chief pimp and pander of the
administration, (P. P. Blair,) complaining of
Scott’s tardiness, and of the curl) which was
thus placed upon his own “heady valor”—for
w hat purpose / For the personal information
of Blair as his “ next door neighbor" and friend ?
So says Blair, iu his ingeniously written preface
to Jusitp's letter. But, if this was Gen. J’s in-
liole press of Pit- | tention, why did he direct Blair to “show it to
per. Lo National, j the President ?” The reason is obvious—or ut
., least it seems to ho—and it was nothing less than
this; that, while he (Jesttp) was unwilling to
appear before the public as the accuser of Gen.
Scut*, he was not at all reluctant tu avail hint-
self of all the advantages which might result
front that accusation ! There is something so
mean nnd cowardly iu the apparent motive of
this assassin-like course, that, iiotvevcrdccided-
ly w c may approve of the recall of Gen. Scott,
wo do not tho less heartily reprobate and des
pise that of his successor. Blair's labored effort
| to w hitew ash Gen. Jesttp is false, upon the face
| nf it. If Jesup's letter had coon intended for
Blair's private information, why, iu the name of
common sense, did he not say so / Why did
ho request that it should he laid before thePresi-
j dent, if lie did not design that it should lie made
the basis ol the official action of that function
ary ?
But the Globe tells us that Gen. Scott had
preceded Gen. Jesttp in this war of nmtitalcriin-
ttation—Very well. But did Scott forward his
accusations to some “ inofficial" court favorite,
ostensibly fur his private information, hut really
to he shown to the President / No sueh thing
heads of tho luckless wights, tho "misgui-
men," w ho had seceded f»om the ranks of
flic Union Democratic Van Barett Party.
The Union White men, like penitent prodi
gals, are invited hack again lo he forgiven it ml
rejoiced over. The sacrifice that is asked of
them is small. They limy retain the appellation
of“Fnioii White (Men.” It is, at last, hut what
the French call a soubrlquellt—hut they must
abandon those w ho support their God Father,
they must come out from the Philistines, nml hc-
ciiuso those who Imvo the taint of Nullification,
are also White Men—their Presidential candid
ate must he dropped, lu plain terms, in words
not to he misunderstood, they are asked to sup
port, tint only the Van Burnt candidates for t|ie
Legislature, Imt, the Vim Burcu candidates fur
Congress.
It is a pity that these “ misguided melt” should
possess so much intelligence as tu perceive, and
a sufieieut know ledge of the Constitution as to
understand, thu consequence* that would result
from the support cl Van Bu m men, either fur
the Legislature or for Congress.—The next Le
gislature will nave the election of a Senator;
if a Van Buren Senator he elected lie will, ne
cessarily sustain the cause uf Van Burcu, nud
should Van Buren he elected President—which
God forbid—he would he a support of his Ad
ministration ; hut, should wc have an Aiili-Van
Buren Legislature, a Senator will ho elected
whose politics, upon thu Presidential question,
w ill lie in unison with thusc, who, laying aside
the diksctitiuns w hich have grown out ofuldaud
obsolete points oflncal politics, arc united heart
and soul in sriviug to secure the election, to tho
highest office in the gift of the people, ol a vir
tuous, honest und intelligent supporter ot the
Constitution of our beloved Country, Again
the Ftiion White Men have thu sagacity to know,
and arc not to lie cajoled out of the view of the
subject, that the contingency nitty happen—iu
till probability it will happen—that the candid
ates for Congress, fur whom tlteir suffrages are
implored, will be themselves the electors of Pre
sident.
It w ill need other arguments, and front other
sources, to induce tlte L'nion White Men of
Georgia to nhandiiu tlteir principles, and sacri
fice their candidate White, fur Van Bureit.
[jl/uron Messenger.
A Major General in Pursuit of the Govern
ment.—General Fcotl, having been recalled
from the command of the army in tlte Foutlt,
arrived at Washington a few days since—but
strange to tell, lie found tlte Government all-
sent. The President had gone to Tennessee
to lock after Mr. Van Bnren's interest in tho
West—the Secretary of \\ nr to Detroit* to sell
his lots—and the Commanding General to the
Spring*, to recreate hiutself after his late ardous
campaign, and devote the energicsof his (tower
ful mind to another dramatic effort. General
Scott pursued thu tw o latter to this city, but m
vain. His case being litas virtually hung up
during the pleasure of the government, tt ** f"
he Imped that his fellow citizens will not refrain
from every proper manifestation of respect amt
good feeling for this distinguished officer.
As nu act of justice to this enterprising and
lahorous administration, it ought t<> he
(led, that during the absence as stated of the
President, the Secretary of War, and tno Con>*
mauding Geucrul, from tlte scat ot Govcromeit ,
is alleged. If Scott made charges against Jes
up, they were doubtless made officially, and
will; a due sense of the responsibility assumed.!--- o .— - , armies
He did not sneak into the “ kitchen," and send ' ooentUon. are go.t.g ouhy our ^
his message up to the parlor hy an officious ser- 11" r * le * lc bl. each under tlte io ■
ving-inaii—a liveried palace lacquey !
We repeat again and again, that, iu our opi
nion. the Florida campaign was most luigliiigly
and shamefully managed—and that an tnineces-
"orted I tardiness w as displayed iu striking at the
i Creek*. But let the eoiiunuuding General he
plosion, the National Cun; its brought into open court, hy a hold und open ac
ini still held the weapon in Ins ! (user—nut hy a Jerry Sneak of a sulmrdintc, w ho
ins to he afraid to avow w lmt he is not aslta-
uriu officer; iu the Clterokeo country.
Gen. Wool—lied River, Gaines—Florida, Call,
and Creek country. Jc»st,p.-[N. Y- American.
Wc hear it mentioned that the Hon. Richard Rush
Ims been, or is m he. appoi I hy dm Presidcet ol
the ('oiled State*. Ill annul m thu bequest uf Mr
Smithson, of England, made m tlm United states
fui th«uufno-i uf i slat Fishing it I'niversity.
V
s. rtnicttc.